Team Bath Racing, the UK’s top Formula Student team, has unveiled its new car for the 2017 season.

The TBR17 packs 455bhp per tonne and can do 0-60mph in 2.9secs.

It weighs 165kg and has a full carbon fibre monocoque chassis – the same technology as is used in Formula 1.

Team Bath Racing is made up of final year undergraduate engineering students from the University of Bath, who compete annually at the Formula Student (FS) competition run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).

Each FS race event scrutinises a variety of aspects of each team’s racing car, ranging from cost and vehicle design, to on-track performance metrics such as vehicle acceleration and fuel efficiency, and ultimately race pace.

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Team Bath Racing will compete at Silverstone from July 20-23 before racing in Czech Republic and Germany.

Business manager Sam Bunday said: “After the success of last year’s team, we aren’t letting ourselves get complacent. The pressure is on to go one better, so we’re targeting a win at Silverstone.

Team Bath Racing's new car for 2017, the TBR17

“It’s the UK event’s 20th anniversary this year which coincides with the University’s 50th anniversary, so it seems like the perfect time to make history.

“We’ve innovated in every aspect of the car’s design this year.”

Academic lead and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr Kevin Robinson, added: “The past few years have been very successful for the team and attracted a lot of very positive attention.

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“The car designed for this year raises the bar even further in several key technical areas and presents the students with a huge challenge to get it finished and working properly in a very tight timeframe.

“Despite this, I am confident that they will succeed and be competing at the front of the grid against the best teams in Europe.”

The unveiling of the car formed part of the university’s annual design exhibition, where engineering and design students display their final degree projects.

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This event also coincided with the presentation of an honorary degree to Lotus Group CEO Aslam Farikullah.